MAN WHOSE WIFE DISAPPEARED MORE THAN A MONTH AGO. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT HIS SECRET LIFE. Carmen: A MAN KILLED AFTER HE IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. GOOD EVENING! AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 6:00! WE ALL WATCHED AS THE WILD WEATHER MOVED THROUGH THE AREA. WE HAD HEAVY RAIN AND A LOT OF LIGHTNING. Devin: THIS VICTIM HAPPENED TO BE AT THE WRONG PLACE AT THE WRONG TIME AT THE PARK IN PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP. OUR ROD MELONI TALKED WITH THE MAN WHO FOUND HIM AND JOINS US WITH WHAT HAPPENED. Rod: WE'VE ALL BEEN IN THAT MOMENT, WHAT DECISION DO YOU MAKE TO MAKE YOU SAFER? HE DID NOT MAKE A GOOD DECISION. HE WAS DOWN AT THE FAR END OF THE PARK WHERE THE FAR TREE LINE IS. AND JEFF CAME BY AND DISCOVERED HIM. I CAME OVER THE HILL AND SAW WHAT LOCKED LIKE A MAN LYING UNDER A TREE. FIRST, I THOUGHT IT WAS SOMEONE HANGING OUT, TAKING A NAP, RELAXING. AS I GOT CLOSER, SOMETHING DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT. Rod: HERE'S A PICTURE OF 32-YEAR-OLD SALINE RESIDENT MICHAEL FLODINE. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT BROUGHT HIM OUT HERE AND DEVASTATED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING HIS DEATH. POLICE BELIEVE HE WAS SITTING UNDER THE TREE WHEN THE LIGHTNING STRUCK THE TREE AROUND 8:00 AND SPLIT IT DOWN THE MIDDLE. ENGINEER JEFF WALKING TWO DOGS IN THE PARK DISCOVERED HIS BODY. AS I GOT CLOSER, I COULD TELL THE SKIN COLOR WASN'T RIGHT AND I WAS CALLING TO HIM AND TOUCHED HIS SHOULDER. Rod: THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE IN THE PARK, SO HE RAN ACROSS THE STREET TO THE PITTSFIELD TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR HELP. WHEN EMERGENCY CREWS ARRIVED, THEY REALIZED THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. IT WAS THE LIGHTNING THAT IN FACT KILLED HIM. I WAS DEALING WITH DOGS THAT DIDN'T WANT TO BE AROUND THE SITUATION. SO I GOT SOME HELP AND GET SOMEONE WHO KNEW. Rod: FLODINE DID HAVE OPTIONS, TO GO TO THE SHELTER. AND YOU CAN SEE THE RESTROOM, THAT MAY HAVE BEEN THE SAFEST PLACE OF ALL, AND THAT WAS OPEN. AND THEN YARDS AWAY IS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HE COULD HAVE PROBABLY GONE IN THERE. FOR WHATEVER REASON, HE CHOSE THAT TREE. BACK TO YOU Carmen: WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT JUSTIN? Rod: HIS FAMILY WAS OUT HERE. HE IS A FATHER, HAS A 7-YEAR-OLD SON AND DEEPLY SADENED THAT THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT BROUGHT HIM HERE AND WHY HE

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He was found Wednesday night at Montibeller Park in Pittsfield Township.

Dustin Flodin was at the far end of the park near the tree line. Despite the emergency equipment nearby, Flodin lost his life by making the wrong choice when seeking shelter from the storm.

The 32-year-old Saline man's family members say they don't know what exactly brought him out to the park on Wednesday. Police believe Flodin was sitting under a tree when the lightning struck it about 8 p.m. The strike split the tree down the middle.

Soon after, engineer Jeff Poliner was walking two dogs in the park. The worst of the weather had passed.

"I kind of came over the hill and saw what looked like a man lying under a tree. At first I thought it was just someone hanging out, taking a nap, relaxing. As I got closer, something didn't look right," said Poliner. "I could tell his skin color wasn't right and I was calling to him, and went up and touched his shoulder."

There was no one else in the park at that time. Poliner decided to immediately run across the park to the Pittsfield Township Fire Department.

"It was upsetting and I was dealing with dogs that didn't want to be around the situation," said Poliner.

When emergency personnel arrived at the tree they found there was nothing they could do.

An autopsy on Thursday revealed it was the lightning that killed Flodin.

He had a 7-year-old son.

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